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November 29, 2012, 1:45 AM

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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Twitter's Response To PeopleBrowsr Lawsuit: 'This Is Contracts 101′  —  When the news broke earlier this evening that PeopleBrowsr had won a temporary restraining order protecting its access to Twitter's firehose of data, Twitter provided a terse response saying that it plans to …
Jessica E. Lessin / Wall Street Journal:
Eddy Cue: Apple's Rising Mr. Fix-It  —  As Chief Executive Tim Cook shifts executive responsibilities around at Apple Inc., Eddy Cue is emerging as one of the biggest beneficiaries.  —  A member of Apple's old guard, the 23-year company veteran rose through the ranks as co-founder Steve Jobs's right-hand man …
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple's new iTunes 11 expected tomorrow following delay due to engineering issues  —  In a profile of Apple SVP Eddy Cue, the Wall Street Journal reports that Apple's new iTunes 11 app will debut tomorrow (Thursday).  The report further claims that the new media player was delayed due …
Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
Groupon CEO Andrew Mason Was Just Put In A Bizarre Situation — And Now Some People Have A Decision To Make  —  Yesterday, three news stories appeared that reported essentially the same thing:  —  Board members at Groupon were discussing firing the company's CEO, Andrew Mason.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Windows Blue is Microsoft's future low-cost OS with yearly updates  —  Microsoft is busy preparing its next-generation Windows client, shortly after shipping Windows 8 in October.  The Verge has learned from several sources familiar with Microsoft's plans that the company is planning …
Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:
Microsoft promises Windows Phone 7.8 update in Q1 2013, new models running the software coming shortly  —  Today Microsoft promised to bring the Windows Phone 7.8 update to market early next year for current Windows Phone 7.5 devices, and that new handsets running the software would be sold running …
Wall Street Journal:
Dell, Intel in Talks for Stake in Sharp  —  TOKYO—Sharp Corp. is in discussions with U.S. technology companies to bolster its battered balance sheet and has offered a stake to Dell Inc., among others, in return for a stable supply of breakthrough display technology, according to people familiar with the discussions.
More: Engadget.  Tweets: @wsj and @trixxy
George Avalos / Mercury News:
Apple expands into Santa Clara  —  SANTA CLARA — Apple (AAPL) is planting its flag in Santa Clara in a big way for the first time during the technology giant's current shopping spree for new offices, agreeing to occupy a site where Apple could locate 1,200 or more workers.
Eric Gilmore / Google Apps Developer Blog:
Announcing Google Drive Site Publishing  —  Would you like to programmatically publish some web content?  Or let your users do so in the context of your Drive app?  —  This is possible now with Google Drive.  Your app can now insert static web assets in a publicly shared folder …
Dena Aubin / Reuters:
Audit firms sued in HP's Autonomy acquisition  —  (Reuters) - A new shareholder lawsuit over Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of British software firm Autonomy has named Big Four audit firms Deloitte and KPMG as defendants, alleging they missed numerous red flags about Autonomy's accounting.
Sarah Lacy / PandoDaily:
The Series A crunch is hitting now.  Have we even noticed?  —  I've been hearing about the so-called Series A Crunch for at least six months, and in recent weeks, I've spoken with more than 20 venture capitalists, angel investors, incubator heads, lawyers, and other necessary cogs in the ecosystem trying to get some details about it.
Official Android Blog:
Edit spreadsheets on the go with the Drive mobile app  —  You're making your list, you're checking it twice — and now you can do it from anywhere.  —  Just in time for this year's holiday season, you can edit Google Sheets on your mobile device, just like you can with Google Docs.
Jennifer Smith / Law Blog:
LegalZoom Gets in the Ring with Rocket Lawyer  —  Online legal documents company LegalZoom.com Inc. is suing one of its rvials, Google-backed Rocket Lawyer Inc., over alleged violations of Federal Trade Commission guidelines and what it calls unfair business tactics “for the purpose of injuring LegalZoom.”
Sharif Sakr / Engadget:
Will.i.am launches pricey i.am+ camera add-ons for iPhone, we go hands on (video)  —  So, we learned two things today.  Firstly, Will.i.am is able to attract quite a media scrum, and secondly, national press photographers have sharp elbows.  Nevertheless, we braved the London debut …
Vibhu Norby / philosophically:
Why We're Pivoting from Mobile-first to Web-first  —  There has been much discussion from the venture capitalist angle on the failings of mobile companies, including posts by Fred Wilson and Om Malik.  I wanted to share my perspective, having been the co-founder of a mobile-first startup …
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